THE PARROT. 



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the orchards and pasture grounds, sometimes in pairs 

 in the yards about the houses. In almost every house 

 you find at least one in a cage, ready to chatter and 

 whistle to everybody who will notice him. 



As it was not possible (or at any rate convenient) to 



bring so far any living specimens, we brought instead 

 a goodly number of stuffed ones. 



There are other birds than parrots in Australia that 

 can be taught to speak such as the myna-bird, the 

 lyre-bird, the honey-bird (a. cut of which is given), the 



